History 2145A/B Lecture : Sept 14 - 2of2 Europe at Zenith.docx

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Europeans thought that they were progressing, at a high point in civilization (zenith). There was a pretention that we were bettering the world, ex) the titanic, the eiffel tower. Totalitarians justified their actions by reasoning that they in fact were progressing and leading towards a future of utopia. Congress of vienna (1815) ended the war of 1812 started a century of peace. Crimean war (1850s, three years, claims 400 000 lives) Franco-prussian war (1870-1871, 140 000 lives, property that fuels ww2 stems from here lands taken ) this is peaceful compared to future. Ww1 9 million people die (about 5 million civilians) Ww2 40 million people die (most are civilians) Historical regimes are different not one thing. Label is used loosely thrown around presently but means something different in history. Take the typology of totalitarianism as stated in your textbook and apply it to the regimes we studied. Mussolini centralizes the power, takes away common, basic rights.

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